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The Little Round Table was started in January 2010 and is for TVCWRT members who want to get together one night a month with their fellow American Civil War buffs in an informal rec room environment and discuss a pre-designated topic. The discussion is led by a member whose purpose is to not-so-gently steer the discussion to keep it on topic. "Discuss" is the key word here, although presentations are welcome - particularly for arcane and hard-to-research subjects - anyone thinking of leading one of these topics does not have to come with anything more than a basic discussion outline and a good understanding of the topic they are leading.
Monthly leaders overwhelmed by their task are encouraged to assign the discussion leadership of subtopics to specific "willing" LRT members during the prior month's meeting.
2023
Thoughts on the Lost Cause Myth, Part 1
January 26, 2023
Thoughts on the Lost Cause Myth – Part II
Led by Emil Posey
February 23, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Antietam Deep Dive – 1
From Barbara Frietchie to Lee's Lost Orders – 1862's Civil War in Frederick Maryland
Led by Jeff Ewing
March 23, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Antietam Deep Dive – 2 – Prelude & Morning Phase - Led by t/b/d
April 27, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Antietam Deep Dive – 3 – Midday Phase Led by t/b/d April 27, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Antietam Campaign Deep Dive – 2
From Lee's Lost Orders to Hooker's Attack
September 12th - 16th 1962
LRT Study Questions – April 27, 2023
Antietam Campaign Deep Dive – 3
Probing Evolves Into A Series Of Attacks
September 15th - 17th 1962
LRT Study Questions – May 25, 2023
Antietam Deep Dive – 4 – Afternoon Phase & Aftermath Led by t/b/d May 25, 2023
Antietam Campaign Deep Dive – 4
Afternoon Phase and Retreat
September 15th - 17th 1962
June 22, 2023
Battle of Buckhead Creek - Harry Gatzke
July 27, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Sherman's Use of the 1860 U.S. Census Data
Bernard Biederman
August 24, 2023 at 6:30 pm
The Capture of Savannah & Columbia
Led by t/b/d
September 28, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Bentonville & Bennett's Place
Led by t/b/d
October 26, 2023 at 6:30 pm
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
Led by Richard Blanton
December 14, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Jefferson Davis Goes West – Part I
Led by Jeffrey Ewing
January 25, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Jefferson Davis Goes West – Part II
Led by Jeffrey Ewing
February 22, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Joe Johnston vs Jefferson Davis
Led by Jeffrey Ewing
March 28, 2024 at 6:30 pm
2022 LRT Schedule
"Blockade, Counter-Blockade and Foreign Policy."
a/k/a True Tales of Running the Yankee Blockade
Led by Kent Wright
January 27, 2022 at 6:30 pm
The enlisted man narratives of Sam Watkins and Ben Hirst
Led by Curtis Adams
February 24, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Thaddeous Lowe: Who was he and Did he make a Difference in the
American Civil War?
Led by Cheryl McAuley
March 26, 2022 at 6:30 pm
The Hypersane Are Among Us – “Sometimes those who seem a little crazy
are the ones who really get it”. Reflections on the curious positions
of John Brown and Carrie Nation in U.S. History
Led by Jeff Ewing
April 28, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Fredericksburg Campaign – 1 – Setting the Stage
Led by Fred Forst
May 26, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Fredericksburg Campaign 2
Led by John Allen
June 24, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Fredericksburg Campaign 3
Led by t/b/d
July 28, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Henry J. Hunt and Edward Porter Alexander– Their Roads to Gettysburg
Led by Emil Posey
August 25, 2022 at 6:30 pm
From Barbara Frietchie to Lee's Lost Orders – 1862's Civil War in
Frederick Maryland
Led by Jeff Ewing
September 22, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Robert E. Lee's Place in the Lost Cause Myth
Led by Jeff Ewing & Emil Posey
October 27, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Lee's Place In the Lost Cause Myth
Led by Emil Posey
December 8, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Vicksburg Campaign 6 – Champion Hill and Big Black
Led by John Allen
February 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Vicksburg Campaign 7 – Siege Operations
Led by Emil Posey
March 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Vicksburg Campaign 8 – Port Hudson & Final Vicksburg Assessment
Led by Emil Posey
April 22, 2021 at 6:30 pm
U.S. Cavalry At Brandy Station
Led by Jeff Ewing
May 27, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Trading with the Enemy
Led by Jeff Ewing
June 24, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Armistead and Garnet – Parallel Lives
Led by Emil Posey
July 26, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Western Theater July-Dec 1863
Led by t/b/d
August 26, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Hood's Tennessee Campaign – Field Trip Supplemental
Led by Ed Kennedy & John Scales
Sept 23, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Trans-Mississippi Theater July-Dec 1863
Led by t/b/d
October 28, 2021 at 6:30 pm
How Developments In Missouri Shaped The War
Led by Fred Forst
December 9, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Vicksburg Campaign 8 – Port Hudson
& Final Vicksburg Assessment
Led by Emil Posey
June 24, 2021
Vicksburg, Part 7, Siege Operations
May 18 – July 4, 1863
LRT, March 25, 2021
Feb. 2021 Vicksburg Campaign, Part 6, Champion Hill and Big Black (John Allen)
January 2021 Vicksburg Campaign, Part 5, Port Gibson to Jackson (Jeffrey Ewing)
October 2020 Vicksburg Campaign, Part 4, Grierson’s Raid and Synder’s Faint (Alex McCormick)
Sept. 2020 Vicksburg Campaign, Part 3, Porter Moves South, Grand Gulf (Jeffrey Ewing)
August 2020 Vicksburg Campaign, Part 2, Grant’s Bayou Operations (Fred Forst)
July 2020 Vicksburg Campaign, Part 1, Overview and Operations through January 1863
2020-2021 LRT Schedule (revised per COVID)
February 2020 (Nat Turner) was the last LRT until August 2020 except for one planning sessions at the Veterans Museum.
August 27, 2020 – Vicksburg Campaign 2 - Bayou and Canal Operations
Led by Fred Forst
September 24, 2020 - Vicksburg Campaign 3 - Porter Moves South – Grand Gulf
Led by Jeff Ewing
October 22, 2020 – Vicksburg Campaign 4 - Grierson's Raid & Snyder's Bluff
Led By Arley McCormick
December 2020 LRT Slot Unexpectedly Taken for regular round table meeting.
January 28, 2021 – Vicksburg Campaign 5 - Port Gibson to Jackson
Led by Jeff Ewing
Vicksburg Campaign 6 – Champion Hill and Big Black
Led by John Allen
February 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm
25 March 2021 Weather Emergency - LRT Cancelled and Topic Rescheduled
Vicksburg Campaign 7 – Siege Operations
Led by Emil Posey
April 22, 2021 at 6:30 pm
U.S. Cavalry At Brandy Station
6th Cavalry Documentary Discussion
Led by Jeff Ewing
May 27, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Vicksburg Campaign 8 – Port Hudson
& Final Vicksburg Assessment
Led by Emil Posey
June 24, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Trading with the Enemy
Led by Jeff Ewing
July 22, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Vicksburg-Gettysburg - A Comparison
Led by Jeff Ewing
August 26, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Kent's Vicksburg Naval Summary
Led by Kent Wright
Sept 23, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Armistead and Garnet – Parallel Lives
Led by Emil Posey
October 28, 2021 at 6:30 pm
How Developments In Missouri Shaped The War
Led by Fred Forst
December 9, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Former Little Roundtable – 2020 Schedule - See Above For Revisions
January 23, 2020 - John Pope, part 4 – Second Manassas
Led by John Scales
February 27, 2020 – Nat Turner
Led by Jeff Ewing
March 26, 2020 - Trading With The Enemy
Led by Jeff Ewing
April 23, 2020 - Vicksburg Campaign 1- Holly Springs to Chickasaw Bayou to Arkansas Post
Led By Arley McCormick
May 28, 2020 – Vicksburg Campaign 2 - Bayou and Canal Operations
Led by Fred Forst
June 25, 2020 - Vicksburg Campaign 3 - Porter Moves South – Grand Gulf
Led by Jeff Ewing
July 23, 2020 – Vicksburg Campaign 4 - Grierson's Raid - Snyder's Bluff
Led By Arley McCormick
August 27, 2020 – Vicksburg Campaign 5 - Port Gibson to Jackson
Led by Jeff Ewing
September 24, 2020 - Vicksburg Campaign 6 - Champion Hill and Big Black
Led by John Allen
October 22, 2020 - Vicksburg Campaign 7 - Siege Operations
Led by Emil Posey
December 10, 2020 - Armistead and Garnet - Parallel Lives
Led by Emil Posey
Little Round Table Programs 2019
January 24, 2019
John Pope (pt 1) down the Mississippi in 1862
Led by John Scales
February 28, 2019
John Pope (pt 2) & the Escalation of the War
Led by Jeff Ewing
March 28, 2019 -
John Pope (pt 3) meets R.E. Lee
Led by Jeff Ewing
April 25, 2019
Aug. 1862 to June 1863 – A dizzying 10-month
transformation of the corps commands
Led by Jeff Ewing
23 May, 2018
Two did not climb Culps Hill on July 1, 1863
Generals Ewell and Slocum...why not?
Led by Jeff Ewing
27 June, 2019 -
Peninsula Campaign 1- The decision to move the Army of the Potomac to the York Peninsula; the Siege of Yorktown
Led by Emil Posey
25 July, 2019 -
Peninsula Campaign 2 – From Yorktown to the Battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks
Led by Emil Posey
22 August, 2019 - Peninsula Campaign 3- Jackson in the Valley, how he influenced the Peninsula Campaign
Led by Emil Posey
26 September, 2019 - Peninsula Campaign 4 - Lee takes charge; The Seven Days Battle (Part 1,
Through Gaines Mill)
Led by John Mason
24 October 2019 - Peninsula Camp. 5 -
The Seven Days Battle (Part 2, to Malvern Hill) and the Aftermath
Led by John Mason
12 December 2019 - The Most Important New Weapon of theAmerican Civil War
Led by Mark Hubbs